Washing-machine.



J. ROSKAM &'R. OOMS.

WASHING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8,1915.

Patented Apr. 4', 1916.

I Syvum/1T ow UNITED sTATns PATENT onirica.

JACOB ROSKAM AND RICHARD OOMS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

Original application filed May 12, 1915, S'eral No. 27,636. Divided andthis application led June 8, 1915.'

Serial No. 32,876.

provement in lVashing-Machines, of whichk the following is a full,clear, and exact specification. v

This invention relates to clothes washing machines and has for itsobject to provide apparatus of this kind which may be used in anordinary stationary wash tub such as are now usually found in dwellinghouses, apartments and flats.

A special object is to provide such apparatus as can be completelystored in the wash tub when not in use, thus saving.

storage space which is a very important item particularly in modernfiats and apartments.

Another object is to provide improved means for detachably fasteningthe.cover of the machine to the lining sections.

Other objects will appear as thel description proceeds. i

The invention will be first hereinafter described in connection with theaccompanying drawings, which. constitute a part of this specification,and then more specifically defined in the claims at the Vend. of thedescription.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters areused to designate correspondingparts throughout the several views:Figure 1 is a plan'view of a pair of stationary wash tubs such as arenow generally in use, the left hand tub having our improved washingmachine operatively attached thereto, and the manner of housing thecover with the lining, when the machine is not in use, within the tubbeing illustrated in dotted lines in the right hand tub. Fig.' 2 is acentral vertical section taken from front-to back of the left hand tub.Fig. 3 is a similar section of the right hand tub showing the cover andlining stored therein, yand Fig. 4 is a detailed section on a largerscale through one of the bolts for detachably connecting the cover ortop section to the side and end sections of the lining.

The left and right hand tubs are designated 1 and 2, respectively. Thelining comit prises end sections 3, a back section 4, a

front section 5 and a bottom section 6. The end and front sections areplaced in the tub first: These sections are provided with inwardlyextending strips or flanges 7, Fig. 2, on their lower edges upon whichthe bottom section 6 rests for retaining said end and font sections inplace. The bottom section fits between the lower edges of' the endsections and extends from the lower edge portion of the front section tothe back of the tub. The end sections'fit between the lateral edges ofthe front and back sections, the latter sections extending the fulllength of the tub. The back section is put 1n place lastand rests uponthe rearedge portion of the bottom section, thus serving to hold thelatter in positionV and preventing it from floating. The sections areall preferably made of wood except the strips 7 which may be ofgalvanized metal. p

Both upper and lower surfaces of the bottom section are preferablycorrugated at 8 so that it may be reversed when necessary or desirable.Thev other wall lining sections have corrugated inner surfaces 9. Theend sections are also provided with cleats o1' flanges 12 arrangedhorizontally near their upper edges to form a seat for the clover whichis made in two parts 13 and 14 and' which fits down within the upperedge portions of said back, front and end sections.

The two parts of the cover are detachably secured in place by slidingbolts 15 carried by the cover sections and adapted to engage keepers 16on the upper edges of the front and end sections,l Figs. 1 and 4. Thesebolts may be easily withdrawn from the keepers for releasing the coverwhen the machine is not in use and it is desired to store the coversections in the tub` as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3. As illustrated,the rear part 13 of the cover is made wider than the front part 14 sothat it may carry the agitator or dolly 17 which must be disposedcentrally of the tub. Said agitator or dolly is carried by the verticalshaft 18 journaled in the cover section 13 and having a gear 19 on itsupper surface. The front section 14 of the cover carries a segmentalgear 2O pivoted at 21 and having an operating lever 22.v lVhen the twoparts of the cover are in operative position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2,the segmental gear 20 meshes withthe gear be rotated alternately inopposite directions and coperate with the corrugated inner surfaces ofthe lining sections to wash the clothes in the tub. NVhen the cover isremoved| and the sections thereof placed inside the tub, the lever 22may be turned into line with the longitudinal axis of the section 14 sothat said lever may also be completely housed in the tub.

This application is a division of our pending application for washingmachine, filed May 12, 1915, Serial No. 27636.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. The combination with a wash tub, of a cover therefor made in twosections, one section being wider than the other and extending from oneside over the central portion of the tub, an agitator arranged centrallyof the tub and mounted on the wider section of the cover, and means foroperating the agitator mounted on the other section of the cover, saidsections and the parts carried thereby being adapted to place, andanoperating lever attached to said segmental gear andadapted to actuatethe agitator, said segmental gear being adapted to be turned to bringsaid lever into line with the longitudinal axis of the section of thecover carrying the same when the cover is removed, whereby said coversections and parts carried thereby may bek completely housed within thetub when not in use.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specication.

JACOB ROSKAM. RICHARD OOMS.

